PCR-Based Assay for Discrimination between Invasive and Contaminating Staphylococcus epidermidis Strains
AUTOR(ES)
Frebourg, Noëlle Barbier
FONTE
American Society for Microbiology
RESUMO
The discrimination between Staphylococcus epidermidis strains that contaminate and infect blood cultures is a daily challenge for clinical laboratories. The results of PCR detection of putative virulence genes were compared for contaminating strains, sepsis-related strains, catheter strains, and saprophytic strains. Multiplex PCR was used to explore the atlE gene, which is involved in initial adherence, the intercellular adhesion gene cluster (ica), which mediates the formation of the biofilm, and the agrA, sarA, and mecA genes, which might contribute to the pathogenicity of S. epidermidis. Whereas the atlE, agrA, and sarA genes were almost ubiquitously amplified, the ica and mecA genes were detected significantly more in infecting strains than in contaminating strains (P ≤ 0.02) and thus appeared to be related to the potential virulence of S. epidermidis.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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